# Libraries Offences Act 1898, Section 2: Penalty for offences.


Any person who, in any library or reading-room to which this Act applies, to the annoyance or disturbance of any person using the same,—
(1) behaves in a disorderly manner;
(2) uses violent, abusive, or obscene language;
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) or who, after proper warning, persists in remaining therein beyond the hours fixed for the closing of such library or reading-room,
shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/61-62/53/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/libraries-offences-act-1898/section-2
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